Tim De Chant
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Cambridge, MA, United States
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Memories Successfully Transplanted from One Snail to Another — NOVA Next
Controversial study may—or may not—upend our understanding of how memories form. → Read More
More Priceless Ancient Artifacts Found at Famed Antikythera Shipwreck — NOVA Next
A recent underwater expedition discovered precious new artifacts that could shed light on life in the early Roman Empire. → Read More
Microwaving Your Kitchen Sponge Won't Save You from Microbes — NOVA Next
Massive amounts of bacteria were found even in sponges that had been “sterilized.” → Read More
First Possible Exomoon Is the Size of Neptune — NOVA Next
The Kepler space telescope may have picked up the signal of a massive moon 4,000 light years away. → Read More
Antarctica Finally Lets Loose Iceberg the Size of Delaware — NOVA Next
The massive berg split from the Larsen C ice shelf at last, capping weeks of speculation. → Read More
Body’s Own Intracellular Messengers Could Carry a Cancer Kill Switch to Tumors — NOVA Next
By engineering exosomes’ payloads, researchers have halted pancreatic cancer in mice. → Read More
Japan and China Mine Risky ‘Flammable Ice’ From Seafloor — NOVA Next
Untapped source could provide nearly 100 years of natural gas, but if done improperly, could flood the atmosphere with methane. → Read More
Physicists Get a Glimpse of What Dark Matter Might Be — NOVA Next
Two independent studies support the same theory of what dark matter is. → Read More
Massive Virus Found in Sewage Plunges Biologists into Debate — NOVA Next
The accidental discovery may answer a decade-old question over the viruses’ evolutionary origins. → Read More
Our Brains Instantly Make Two Copies of Each Memory — NOVA Next
New research upends decades of neuroscience theory, paving the way for a deeper understanding of memory. → Read More
New Horizons Probe Captures Pluto’s Atmosphere in Stunning Detail — NOVA Next
New image from 120,000 miles away reveals surface features, too. → Read More
12 New Types Added to Cloud Atlas, First in 30 Years — NOVA Next
The venerable International Cloud Atlas receives its first update since 1987. → Read More
Reusable ‘Oleo Sponge’ Could Change the Way We Deal with Oil Spills — NOVA Next
Specially treated foams can absorb up to 90 times their weight in oil. → Read More
Super-Safe Glass Battery Charges in Minutes, Not Hours — NOVA Next
The 94-year-old co-inventor of lithium-ion technology invents another better battery. → Read More
Our Brains May Live Up To 10 Minutes After Death — NOVA Next
Small study of critically ill patients suggests that death may be a process, not a distinct moment in time. → Read More
Ultrasound Ages Liquor Two Years in Just Three Days — NOVA Next
Blasting brandy and oak chips with ultrasound produced a surprisingly refined beverage in a relatively short amount of time. → Read More
First CRISPR-Edited Cells Tested in Lung Cancer Patient — NOVA Next
This first trial will study the safety of using CRISPR-edited immune cells as a therapy. → Read More
Trump Will Try to Quickly Exit Paris Climate Accord — NOVA Next
Sources on the transition team say they will try to bypass the agreement’s four-year exit procedure. → Read More
Sophisticated Attack Takes Down Key Internet Servers — NOVA Next
DNS servers at one company were taken down by a distributed denial-of-service attack, rendering portions of the internet inaccessible. → Read More
Universe Has 10x More Galaxies Than We Thought — NOVA Next
Surprisingly, astronomers are not surprised. → Read More